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LEONIDAS M. RHODES, OF VVARRENTON, GEORGIA.

COTTON-PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 501,026, dated J' uly4, 1893.

Application filed January 21, 1893. Serial No. 459,112. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, LEONIDAs M. RHODES, of Warrenton, in the county ofWarren and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Cotton-Planters, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to an improvement in cotton planters, and it hasfor its object to provide a machine which will be simple, durable andeconomic in its construction and capable of being so regulated that theseed may be dropped in greater or less quantities as may be found mostdesirable.

Another feature of the invention is to improve upon the construction ofthe machine for which Letters Patent were granted to myself January 25,1876, No. 172,776.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter' fully set forth and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the machine. Fig. 2 is a plan view ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken through the seed box,preferably on the line 3-3 of Fig. l; and Fig. 4 is a vertical sectionthrough the supporting wheel of the machine and its bearing.

In carrying out the invention the frame of the machine may be said toconsist primarily of two side beams 10 and 11, the said side beams beingconnected by a front beam 12 and a rear beam 13. The front and rearbeams are rigidly fastened to the side beam 10, while the side beam 11,is adjustable upon the front and rear beams, the adjustment beingaccomplished by producing in the front and rear beams longitudinal slots14, and passing through the ends of the side beam 11 suitable bolts 15,as is best shown in Fig. 2. The side beam 10, is of about equalthickness throughout its length and breadth, while the opposite sidebeam 11,is made straight upon the top, but at its central portion it isprovided with a downwardly-extending semi-circular section 11, as ismost plainlyshown in Fig.1; and upon the upper face of the side beam 11,over the semi-circular section 11, a semi-circular board or plate 11b,is located and firmly attach-ed, whereby at the central portion of thebeam 11 a circular section is formed by the union of the twosemi-circular sections 11a and 11". The front and the rear beams 12 and13, extend beyond the side beams, as shown in Fig. 2; and upon theextremities of the front beam 12 springs 16, are secured, which springsextend rearward and downward and are united at their rear extremities toa cover board 17. The handles 18, by means of which the machine isguided, are both of them preflerably attached to a rear extension of thebeam 10. The side beam 10, is located at the y right hand of themachine, while the side beam 11 is at the left.

Upon the center of the right-hand beam lO, a journal box 19, is securelyfastened, and this journal box is adapted to receive a short or spuraxle 2Q. The axle is to be held rigidly in the journal box, and this isaccomplished by passing a set screw 21 through the box to an engagementwith the axle, as shown in Fig. 4. A single supporting wheel 22, isemployed in connection with the machine, and this supporting wheel isprovided with a metal hub 23, securely fastened to it, the hub beingadapted to receiveand turn loosely upon the axle 20. Thus if there isany lost motion it may be taken up by forcing the shaft farther into thejournal box and holding it in place by the set screw, as the inner lendof the shaft is provided witha head 24,*as shown in Fig. 4, whichengages with the inner face of the hub 23.

The supporting wheel has applied to its outer face a series of pins 25,and these pins are circularly arranged and are placed in such manner asto come within the compass of the united semi-circular sections 1la and111. Preferably the upper section 11b, is flared outward, as shown inFig. 2, so that a greater space intervenes between it and the wheel thanexists between the lower section 11a and the wheel. The sections 11aband 11", are adapted to form the outer surface of` a seed box B. Inaddition to the sections 11a and 11b the seed box consists of a metalband 26, which is secured to the side and bottom edges of the lower sidesection 1la and to the side edges of the upper section 11b. Thus theupper portion IOO of the seed box is left open, and likewise its innerside, and this side is closed to a predetermined extent by thesupporting wheel 22, the seed being adapted to drop from the box betweenits inner edge and the Wheel, the pins on the wheel keeping the seed ina constant state of agitation, while the amount of seed to be dropped isregulated by adjusting the seed box toward or from the outer orpin-carrying face of the supporting wheel.

A furrow opener 27, is removably attached to the forward end of theright-hand side beam 10, as that beam extends some distance in advanceof the front cross bar 12, and the attachment between the furrow openerand the side beam is preferably effected through the medium of a clip28, as shown in Fig. l.

Thus in the manipulation of the machine it is supported by the singlewhee122; the wheel also serves to keep the seed in a constant state ofagitation, and as the machine advances the furrow is opened to receivethe seed, the furrow opener being immediately in front of the supportingWheel, and after the seed has been droppedin the furrow it is covered bythe covering board 17.

The simplicity, durability and economy of a machine such as has beenabove described are apparent.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentm l. In a cotton planter comprising a frame and arotatable supporting wheel, a hopper the outer surface of which isconstructed of two essentially semi-circular sections, the lower sectionbeing substantially parallel to the plane of the Wheel, and the uppersection being flared outward, as set forth.

2. In a cotton planter comprising a frame, a rotatable supporting Wheel,and a hopper adjustable in relation tothe wheel, a sleeve provided witha hub secured to the Wheel, said sleeve inclosing the shaft of thewheel, asetscrew passing through the sleeve and adapted to lock thesleeve in relation to the shaft, and

i a head provided on the shaft at the inner end thereof, said head beingin contact with the sleeve, substantially as described.

LEONIDAS M. RHODES.

Witnesses:

VINCENT A. ABBOTT, JERRY L. Runen.

